JAPANESE CURRY FROM SCRATCH

JAPANESE CURRY FROM SCRATCH image

Yield 4 people

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 pound stew beef
1 medium onion cut to 1 inch squares
1 tsp chopped garlic
2 carrots cut into 1 inch chunks
1 large potato cut into 1 inch chunks
(curry roux) 3 tsp butter, 2 tsp flour and curry powder (add cayenne pepper for spiciness)
(garnish) chopped cilantro, apple sauce

Steps:

Salt and pepper slightly as you stir fry: 1) Heat oiled wok to med-high. Stir fry stew beef until seared all around, about 3 minutes. Remove from Wok 2) Stir fry onions until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and meat and stir fry for 1 minute. 3) Push stir fry toward peremeter of wok, melt butter and add flour, curry powder to make roux. 4) Fold stir fry into roux until well coated. Add 4-6 cups of water and vegetables, bring to boil then simmer for 20 minutes. 5) Season curry with soy sauce and thicken curry with corn starch slurry (1:1 starch/water) as necessary 6) Add 1-2 tsp apple sauce for sweetness. Garnish with cilantro. Serve curry over rice.